Combined umbrella and package carbier



2 Sheets-Sheet 1 E GREENBERG COMBINED UMBRELLA AND PACKAGE CARRIER Filed July 1.3 1926 Dec. 13, 1927.

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E. GREENBERG COMBINED UMBRELLA AND PACKAGE CARRIER Filed July 15 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 AQ a:

Patented Dec. 13, 1927.

UNITED STATES ELLA GREENBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED UMBRELLA AND PACKAGE CARRIER.

Application filed July 13,

My invention relates to articles of personal convenience, and. specifically to devices which are adapted for use either as an umbrella or sunshade, or as a package carrier.

the same being capable of being changed from one of these devices. to the other by an easily accomplished adjustment of parts.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an. article of the kind mentioned which shall be simple in construction and easy of management, so as to. be readily transformed. from the, arrangement of its partswhich permits it'to be used asan umbrella, to another arrangement of such parts which permits it to be used as a package carrier.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of various elements and parts as set forth in the claims hereof, one embodiment of the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described in this specification.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an article embodying my invention, the same being shown with the, parts arranged in such a way as to constitute an umbrella;

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same. that is, looking upward along the handle as shown in Fig. 1 to the inner or lining side ot the umbrella covering;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of my invention, in a position reversed from that shown in Fig. 1, the parts being arranged in the position adapting the article for use as a package carrier, the coverings, however, being re moved so as to clearly show the internal construction; and

Fig. 4 is a similar vertical section but showing the parts arranged in a position intermediate the positions shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 3, that is, when the device is being changed from umbrella to package carrier or vice versa.

In carrying my invention into effect in the embodimentthereof which I have selected for description inthis specification and illustration in the accompanying drawings, 1 provide a stick or handle 11 analogous to the handle of an ordinary umbrella. This may have at one endthe lower end in Fig. 1 but the upper end in Figs. 3 and 4a knob 12 and ring 13, or such other ornamental carrying device as may be desired. At the other end of the handle-the upper end in Fi". 1 and the lower end in- Figs. 3 and 4--is a cup 1926. Serial No. 122,184.

shaped securing member 14 adapted toengage the ends of the swinging ribs in amanner shown. in Fig. 3, when the parts are placed in the position there shown in order to adapt the device for use as a package carrier.

Referring more particularly now to Fig. 4, which. is perhaps. best adapted to illustrate the interrelation of, ribs, stretchers. and slid.- ing devices: which form special novel features. of my invention, it will, be seen that. in this view the. invention simulates in. some degree an ordinary umbrella, but upside down. Asv in an ordinary umbrella, there is a fixed sleeve at the, top of the handle (shown in this figure as being at the bottom), which sleeve is designated 16. There is also, as in an ordinary umbrella, a sliding sleeve 17. From opposite sides of this sliding sleeve 17 extend laterally in each direction parallel rods, the nature and location of which cannot be clearly understood from Fig. 4. alone, but will be better understood by collating said figure with Fig. 2, where the said pair of parallelv rods, which are designated 18, are represented in dotted lines, they being on the other side of the flaps 19 hereafter to be described. Supported at the ends of these parallel rods is a ring 20.

Pivotally connected to the sleeve 16 at the upper end of the stick 11 (lower end in Figs. 3 and 4) are rods 21. These are analogous to the stretchers of an ordinary umbrella, but are unlike such stretchers in being secured to an immovable sleeve. Pivotally attached by their inner ends at suitable intervals to the ring 20, are rods 22. These are analogous to the ribs of an ordinary unibrella, but are unlike such ribs in being operatively connected with a sliding sleeve. It will be seen that the structure of my invention is in some respects the reverse of that of the ordinary umbrella. In the ordinary umbrella, one end of each stretcher is pivotally secured to asleeve which slides upon the umbrella stick, and the other end of each stretcher is secured to. one of the ribs at a point intermediatethe ends of the rib, one end of each rib being pivotallyconnected to a sleeve fast at the upper end of the umbrella stick and the other end of each rib being free, whereas in my invention one end of each stretcher is pivot-ally secured to a sleeve fast at the upper end of the stick and the other end of each stretcher is pivotally' secured to one of the. ribs at a point internin diate the ends of the rib, one end of each rib being operatively connected with a sleeve which slides on the umbrella stick, the'other end of each rib being free. An ordinary umbrella in its closed position has the inner ends of its ribs held pivotally by the fixed sleeve and the outer ends of the ribs adjacent the lower end of the umbrella stick, and

such an umbrella is raised by moving upward the sliding sleeve so that the stretchers spread the ribs outward from the umbrella stick into the open position. My invention in its closed position, which, however, is not really entirely closed, but closed much as is intended (best shown in 3), has the inner ends of its ribs 22 operatively connected witha sliding sleeve at the lower end of the umbrella stick (upper in Figs. 3 and 1) and the outer ends of the ribs adjacent the upper end of the umbrella stick. and my form of nnbrella is raised by moving upward he sliding sleeve 1? so that the ribs 22 are spread outward by the stretchers 21, passing through the intermediate position shown in Fig. 4, and finally coming into the position shown in Fig. 1..

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown the skele ton structure heretofore described, as pro vid d with coverings. In Fig. 1 the outer covering 23 is shown, bemg'formed 1n the usual way 1n segments united by seams 24.

A part of this outer covering is broken away so as to show the inner covering or lining 25'. This inner covering or lining 25 1s also shown on the inside view of the device in Fig. 2, which is also composed of segments united'together by seams 26, and being broken away to show the outer covering 23. At the'broken away portions in Figs. 1 and '2, part of a rib 22 appears; the remainder of said iibs do not appear in Figs.

' 1 and 2, because they are concealed between the coverings 23 and portions of three of the stretchers 21, however, appear in Fig. 2, being insiceof the outer covering 23 and being shown by the opening up of one of the flaps 19 as hereinafter described.

The covering 23, which has been spoken of as the outer covering and which corre sponds to the single covering of an ordinary umbrella, is shown on the outside of the skeleton frame in 1. In this position the part ofthe skeleton frame which supports this covering 23 and which thus presents the form of the device analogous to an ordinary umbrella, consists of the ribs 21 which are pivotally connected at their -in ner ends to the sleeve 16 and at their outer ends to the ribs 22, and the outer portion, approximately one half, of the ribs 22/ In other words, when the device is in this position, the ribs 21 and the outer portions of the ribs 22, taken together, correspond to the ribs of 'an ordinary umbrella, and in that position the inner portions of the ribs 22,

disclosing portions of the stretchers 21.

that is to say, the portions which are pivot-- ally connected to the ring 20, correspond to the stretchers of an ordinary umbrella. The covering 23is secured to this composite rib above mentioned, by stitches at suitable in tervals, as for instance one set of stitches at the sleeve 16, another set of stitches approximately at the point where the ribs 21 are pivoted to the ribs 22, and another set of stitches near the outer ends of he ribs 22, as in an ordinary umbrella. In other words, the device in this position exactly corresponds to ordinary umbrella except that the ribs are composed of two pivotally con nected sections 21 and 22, a part of each rib 22 serving as a part of the rib and another part of each rib 22 serving as the stretcher. The covering 25, on the other hand, is, as already stated in the last paragraph and as shown in Fig. 2, which is a view of the inside of the device while in a partly opened and partly closed position, corresponding to the position of the frame shown in Fig. 4, attached to the ring 20 and then ez ztends downward therefrom. as a series of segments united at the seams 26 and secured at those seams to the ribs 22. When the skeleton frame is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the covering 25 would, if it were shown in said figure, be on the side of said ribs 22 toward the handle 12, and when the device is to be used as a package container the ring 17 is slid along the stick ll towards and up to the handle 12, which causes the ribs 22 to occupy the position shown in Fig. 8, the outer ends of said ribs being then gathered into the cup-shaped guard or holder 141, and in that case the covering 25 would appear as aruffled or flutted bag surrounding the out side of the whole device, to which access may be had by lifting the flaps 19 into the position shown in dotted lines in 3, the space inside of the ribs and 2]. then constitutingthe package receptacle, in which position the covering 28; which is the outer covering of the device when it is used as an umbrella in the form shown in Fig. 1, is inside. and the covering outside. It will be understood of course that the coverings 23 and25 will be secured together by a suit able seam along such a line as may be proper. i

lVhen my invention is to be used as a package carrier, the parts are pl aced in the position and mutual relations shown in Fig. 8. It will be seen that hinged on the rods 18 are semicircular lids or flaps 19. These are shown in dotted line elevated or opened fully in Figs. 3 and 1, and one of them is shown partly elevated in Fig. 2, for the purpose of It will be understood that the skeleton ribs and stretchers as shown in Fig. 3 are when in covered by the outercovering 23 extending from the end of the stick nearly to the ends of the ribs 22, and the inner covering 25 extending from the ring 20 likewise nearly to the end of the ribs 22, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In the position shown in Fig. 3, the outer ends of the ribs 22 are gathered up into the bowl-shaped guard 14 and are securely held there so as to construct the package carrier, which as will be readily seen is then formed in the inside of the device, access thereto being had by raising the flaps or doors 19.

If desired, a mirror, vanity box, or other receptacle or device, may be secured to either or both of the flaps 19 The operation of my invention has been already necessarily pointed out in connection with the description of the construction of the invention, and nothing further need be said as to the same.

The advantages of the device also will be obvious from an inspection of the drawings in connection with what has been said with regard to its construction.

I do not limit myself to the exact form of construction and arrangement of parts which is illustrated in the drawings and described in this specification, as it will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which this invention relates, that many modifications in detail and various arrangements of the e ements of the invention, can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A combined umbrella and package carring and pivotally connected intermediate their ends to the outer ends of said firstnamed rods.

2. Acombmed umbrella and package carrier, comprising a stick, a sleeve at one end of said stick, rods pivotally secured at their inner ends to said sleeve, another sleeve slidable on said stick, rods operatively connected' at their inner ends to said sleeve and pivotally connected intermediate their ends to the outer ends of said first-named rods, a fabric associated with said first-named rods and last-named rods and adapted when said rods are fully extended to constitute an outside covering thereon, extending from said fixed sleeve nearly to the outer ends of said last-named rods, whereby an umbrella is formed, and another fabric associated with said last-named rods and adapted when said rods are fully extended to constitute an inner covering thereon, extending from the inner ends nearly to the outer ends of said last-named rods and adapted when said rods are closed to form the upper part of a bag or receptacle for packages or the like.

3. A combined umbrella and package carrier, comprising a stick, a sleeve at one end of said stick, rods pivotally secured at their inner ends to said sleeve, another sleeve slidable on said stick, a bar secured to said slidable sleeve and extending laterally in opposite directions therefrom, a ring supported by the outer ends of said bar, rods pivotally connected at their inner 'ends to said ring and pivotally connected intermediate their ends to the outer ends of said first-named rods, a fabric associated with said firstnamed rods and last-named rods and adapted when said rods are fully extended to constitute'an outside covering thereon, extending from said fixed sleeve nearly to the outer ends of said last-named rods, whereby an umbrella is formed, and another fabric associated with said last-named rods and said ring, and adapted when said rods are fully extended to constitute an inner covering thereon, extending from said ring nearly to the outer ends of said last-named rods and adapted When said rods are closed to form the upper part of a bag or receptacle for packages or the like.

Inwitness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 1st day of July 1926. ELLA GREENBERG. 

